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Patent JP-2003144186-A (JP)
Title: METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROXY FATTY ACID AND gamma-LACTONE
Inventor: TANAKA HISASHI
IPC: C11C3/00
Filed: 2001-11-15
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing a hydroxy fatty acid using a microorganism having a capability of converting an unsaturated fatty acid to the hydroxy fatty acid, and a method for producing a γ-lactone by using the obtained hydroxy fatty acid. SOLUTION: This method for producing the hydroxy fatty acid is provided by culturing a microorganism belonging to the Empedobacter, especially Empedobacter RD-294 strain or its mutant strain, or Empedobacter brevis in a medium containing the unsaturated fatty acid or its derivative and recovering the hydroxy fatty acid produced in the medium. Further, the γ-lactone is obtained by performing a β-oxidation of the obtained hydroxy fatty acid and cyclizing.
Patent JP-2003149026-A (JP)
Title: Small resistance variation detection circuit
Inventor: KINOSHITA DAIJIRO
IPC: G01F1/696
Filed: 2001-11-16
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a small resistance variation detection circuit improving long-term stability, reliability and operation capability in controlling, and capable of reducing cost. SOLUTION: The circuit has a power source 2 supplying direct current power, two resistance sensors Rs1 , Rs2 connected to the power source 2, intermediate voltage producing circuits 3, 4, S1 and S2 digitally splitting the voltage E impressed to the two ends of the resistance sensors Rs1 , Rs2 by switching by using switching elements S1 and S2 and a detector 6 detecting the small variation of the resistance sensors Rs1 , Rs2 by comparing the output voltage Vf of the intermediate voltage producing circuits 3, 4, S1 and S2 to the voltage Ve of the connection point of the resistance sensors Rs1 , Rs2 .
Patent JP-2003149530-A (JP)
Title: Imaging device
Inventor: SAKAMOTO SHOHEI
IPC: G03B17/04
Filed: 2001-11-16
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a collapsible-barrel type imaging device, whose lens barrel is collapsible into a device body, not collapse the lens barrel intentionally as occassion demands even when the power soured is turned off. SOLUTION: The device is equipped with a key input part 48 having a power key 14 which is operable to turn on and off the power source and a standby key 18 which instructs the imaging device to be in a power-off state wherein a lens optical system 32 constituting a lens barrier 13 is not collapsed into the device body, a lens position memory 43a which stores and holds the driving positions of respective lenses constituting the lens optical system 32 at the time when the instruction was given with the standby key 18 regardless of turning-on or turning-off of power source,  and a control part 43 which turns off the power source without collapsing the lens barrier 13 in response to the operation of the standby key 18 and confirms the driving positions of the respective lenses of the lens optical system 32 or performs movement control according to the driving positions stored and held in the lens position memory 43a when the power source is turned on with the power key 14.
Patent JP-2003145849-A (JP)
Title: Image print system
Inventor: KOBAYASHI KATSUMI
IPC: G06F3/12
Filed: 2001-11-16
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase print speed as compared with prior art when the same data is printed repeatedly. SOLUTION: The image print system for developing image data generated on a host computer 1 and delivering it to a printer 2 performing print operation comprises an auxiliary storage means 28 for storing print data of high print frequency and has a function for predicting print data of high print frequency, reading out print data from the auxiliary storage means 28 in case of that print data and developing the print data through a printer controller 21.
Patent JP-2003157846-A (JP)
Title: Carbon black slurry and lithium secondary battery
Inventor: KADOWAKI TETSUHARU
IPC: H01M4/133
Filed: 2001-11-19
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide carbon black slurry with controllable particle size, excellent stability against the lapse of time, handling properties such as measuring and transporting the slurry and capable of reducing a transportation cost by having a high concentration. SOLUTION: This carbon black slurry is prepared by suspending carbon black having 0.1-1 μm average particle size in N-methyl-pyrrolidone used as a dispersion medium in the ratio of 3-30 mass % and adding 0.1-10 mass % of a vinyl pyrrolidone-based polymer.
Patent JP-2003156716-A (JP)
Title: Personal ornaments having light emitting performance
Inventor: MURAOKA KOJI
IPC: A44C5/00
Filed: 2001-11-20
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide personal ornaments which make the whole or portions required to be made visible of the ornaments visible even in a dark place and have fashionable light emitting performance. SOLUTION: The personal ornaments which are personal ornaments making the whole or portions required to be made visible of the ornaments visible even in a dark place and having the fashionable light emitting performance and have the light emitting performance obtained by applying a first surface treatment by a light emitting coating material to the entire surface or partial surface thereof and applying a second surface treatment including colors and patterns on the first surface treatment exclusive of the prescribed areas of the first surface treatment.
Patent JP-2003158881-A (JP)
Title: High frequency converting circuit
Inventor: KUROKI KAZUO
IPC: H02M7/12
Filed: 2001-11-20
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance a power factor by transforming the waveform of an AC input current into a sine waveform. SOLUTION: A capacitor series circuit composed of two pieces of capacitors 5 and 6 is connected between the AC input terminals 3 and 4 of a bridge rectifying circuit composed of diodes 7-10. A parallel circuit is composed of a smoothing circuit 11, and a switching arm series circuit composed of a switching arm, where a switching element 12 switched by high frequency and a diode 14 are connected in reverse parallel, and a switching arm where a switching element 13 and a diode 15 are connected in reverse parallel. The capacitor series circuit is connected between the positive electrode and the negative electrode on the DC output side of the rectifying circuit, and a reactor 33 is connected between the series junction of the capacitor series circuit and the series junction of the switching arm series circuit.  Both ends of either switching arm are connected to high frequency output terminals 20 and 21.
Patent JP-2003154055-A (JP)
Title: Game machine
Inventor: IOKI SADAO
IPC: A63F5/04
Filed: 2001-11-21
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine reducing the troublesomeness of a game due to lending medals in a pachinko-slot machine permitting a game using a prepaid card. SOLUTION: The game machine has a variable display device having a plurality of variable display sections capable of varying display conditions, a prize bestowing means capable of bestowing game value that can be used in a game in association with the materialization of a prescribed mode of display of the result of display of the plurality of variable display sections as a prize, and a credit means capable of storing game value. The game machine has a value conversion control means carrying out control concerned with conversion from the value to game value that can be used in a game within value possessed identifiably by information read from a storage medium.  The crediting means can store game value converted by the value conversion control means and game value bestowed by the prize bestowing means and can store a prescribed upper limit of storage when adding and storing the game value. The game machine has an excess storage means capable of storing beyond the prescribed upper limit of storage in accordance with game value conversion when adding and storing game value converted.
Patent JP-2003154659-A (JP)
Title: Ink jet print head, ink jet printer comprising it, and method for manufacturing ink jet print head
Inventor: ANDO MASATO
IPC: B41J2/16
Filed: 2001-11-22
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To decrease positional shift between a heating resistor and an ink ejection nozzle. SOLUTION: In the method for manufacturing a print head comprising a nozzle sheet 2 having ink ejection nozzles 3 formed therein, a head frame 4 for supporting the nozzle sheet 2, a substrate member 6 having heating resistors 8, and a channel plate 12 for supplying ink wherein the head frame 4 and the substrate member 6 have a substantially equal coefficient of linear expansion, the nozzle sheet 2 has a coefficient of linear expansion larger than that of the head frame 4 and the substrate member 6, and the channel plate 12 is formed of a material having Young's modulus smaller than that of steel, the nozzle sheet 2 and the head frame 4 are bonded at a temperature higher than the room temperature, the nozzle sheet 2 and the substrate member 6 are bonded at a temperature higher than the room temperature but lower than the bonding temperature of the nozzle sheet 2 and the head frame 4,  and the channel plate 12 and the nozzle sheet 2, and the head frame 4 and the substrate member 6 are bonded at a temperature lower than the bonding temperature of the nozzle sheet 2 and the head frame 4.
Patent JP-2003160876-A (JP)
Title: Catalyst for electroless plating and method for forming metal plating pattern
Inventor: KINOSHITA NOBORU
IPC: H05K3/18
Filed: 2001-11-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a catalyst for electroless plating, which can simplify processes of forming a metal plating pattern of an electroless metal plated film, and to provide a method for forming the metal plating pattern.  <P>SOLUTION: The catalyst for electroless plating includes colloid of an alloy which consists of one selected from the first group consisting of Pd and Pt, and at least one selected from the second group consisting of Ag and Cu.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003158254-A (JP)
Title: Photoconductive film and solid-state image pickup device
Inventor: AIHARA SATOSHI
IPC: H01L51/42
Filed: 2001-11-22
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a photoconductive film having high optical sensitivity and a small lightweight solid-state image pickup device equipped with the same. SOLUTION: A photoconductive film 10 is of two-layered structure composed of a board 12, an electrode layer 14, a photosensitive layer 16 composed of a first organic layer 18 and a second organic layer 20, and an electrode layer 22. The first organic layer 18 is made of donor-type organic material, and the second organic layer 20 is made of acceptor-type organic material. When a voltage is applied between the electrode layers 14 and 22, light absorption occurs in a contacting area between the organic layers 18 and 20 to produce electron-hole pairs in the photoconductive film 10. Electrons are quickly moved to the acceptor-type organic material, and holes are quickly moved to the donor- type organic material respectively, by which a so-called photo-excited charge separation phenomenon occurs to generate a large photocurrent.
Patent JP-2003154281-A (JP)
Title: Bran processing apparatus in rice milling machine
Inventor: MATSUMOTO NOBUHIRO
IPC: B02B7/00
Filed: 2001-11-22
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bran processing apparatus in rice milling machine which recovers bran produced by a rice milling machine without sprinkling the bran around the rice milling machine and unnecessitates the cleaning of a fan. SOLUTION: This bran processing apparatus in rice milling machine is provided with a rice polishing chamber 17 which is formed between a rice polishing rotator 13 which is fitted to a hollow main shaft 11 and has a plurality of wind ejecting holes 13a perforated on the surroundings of the same which are communicated with the inside of the main shaft 11 and a bran removing net 16 disposed on the surroundings of the rice polishing rotator 13, a bran recovering part 3 which is communicated with the rice polishing chamber 17 via a bran recovering flow passage 21, has a filter member 29 which separates bran and air and an opening/closing cover 28a which is formed in the state hermetically sealed from the outside of machine and recovers the bran and a blast part 44 which has air passages 27,  26 respectively communicated with the inside of the bran recovering part 3 and the inside of the main shaft 11 and the fan 25 connected with the respective air flow passages 27, 26 and sends the air separated in the bran recovering part 3 into the main shaft 11.
Patent JP-2003163013-A (JP)
Title: Means for controlling fuel cell system
Inventor: TAKEUCHI AKIRA
IPC: H01M8/04
Filed: 2001-11-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide means for controlling a fuel cell system that improves the system efficiency as a whole.  <P>SOLUTION: The fuel cell system comprising a fuel cell 1 and a storage battery 3. The means for controlling the fuel cell system controls the fuel cell system to realize the power generation of step (k) in which energy cost is minimum in the fuel cell 3 by assuming that the unit price of discharge and charge electric power rises as the state of charge of the storage battery 3 is little, calculating power generation cost in each step (i) by simulation calculation when the step of the electric power generation of the fuel cell 1 is changed from 1 to (n), calculating an energy cost by subtracting the value of the electric charging power of the storage battery 3 from the electric power cost when the storage battery is charged, and by adding the value of the electric discharge power of the storage battery 3 to the electric power generation cost when the battery 3 is discharged. Thus, the method for controllers the fuel cell system is established so as to obtain power generation of the fuel cell 3 in the (k) step.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003165792-A (JP)
Title: Method for forming thin film and device using the same
Inventor: EHATA YUSUKE
IPC: H01L21/205
Filed: 2001-11-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the number of defects in the location of crystal particles of a crystalline thin film which is formed and also to improve the characteristics of the location of the crystal particles and further to efficiently obtain a polycrystalline thin layer even when large crystalline particles are used.  <P>SOLUTION: A nuclei 2 is arranged along the short side in the vicinity of one of the side edges at the short side on the substrate 1. A film deposition source 3 which can carry out film-forming in the limited area on the substrate 1 starts moving from a region where the nuclei 2 is disposed. The film deposition source 3 and the substrate 1 relatively move in a way that the film deposition source 3 scans the predetermined area on the substrate 1, and a thin film 5 is thus formed.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003168068-A (JP)
Title: Code reader and recording medium
Inventor: TATSUTA SEIJI
IPC: G06K7/00
Filed: 2001-11-29
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform stable and efficient reading without adding an error correction code over and above what is wanted by making data reading errors almost constant regardless of the performance of an imaging part.  <P>SOLUTION: The imaging part 20 images a code 12 from a recording medium with the code 12 from which data can be optically read, an image processing part 22 performs prescribed processing of an image including the imaged code, and a data reading part 26 reads the data from the processed image including the code. In such a case, the prescribed processing is such image processing which relieves performance change in the imaging part 20 so that data reading errors by the data reading part 26 may be almost constant, for example, processing that performs shading correction processing, equalization processing, binarization processing, coordinates conversion in each subframe or the like so as to relieve shading of a lighting system in the imaging part 20 and out-of- focus and distortion of an optical system in accordance with them.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003166425-A (JP)
Title: Engine protection cover
Inventor: AOKI TOMOJI
IPC: F02B77/00
Filed: 2001-11-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an engine protection cover being light in weight comparatively and easily mountable, hardly damaging an engine even when an automobile is damaged, and causing no environmental problem when constructing it.  <P>SOLUTION: In this engine protection cover mounted for use above an engine block of the automobile so as to cover an engine part, a central part of a platelike cover, namely, a part positioned above the engine, is opened. A mesh cloth composed of polyester heat fused threads is attached to the opening part. Preferably, a heat fused thread made of polyester filament having a core sheath structure whose sheath part is made of low-melting point polyester and whose core part is made of regular polyester is used as the heat fused thread; a multifilament thread is particularly preferable.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003166231-A (JP)
Title: Installation device for installing geological survey implement into underground
Inventor: HORIGUCHI TOSHIHIKO
IPC: E02D1/00
Filed: 2001-11-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a novel installation device for installing a geological survey implement underground.  <P>SOLUTION: The device is used for installing underground geological survey implements 5 such as various kinds of measuring sensors or water pumps. The device is constituted of a tapered-off section 1 to which the geological survey implement 5 is attached and a driving section 2 fitted to the upper side of the tapered-off section 1 to drive the tapered-off section underground. The tapered-off section 1 is driven down to a specified depth by driving the driving section 2 underground by percussion or compression and then, the driving section 2 is pulled out of the underground to leave the tapered-off section 1 in the ground. In this way, the geological survey implement 5 is installed underground.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2002234706-A (JP)
Title: Construction of cross stream membrane chamber module for selective separation of hydrogen from reformate gas
Inventor: FORMANSKI VOLKER
IPC: H01M8/06
Filed: 2001-11-30
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain high specific surface area of a hydrogen permeable membrane while optimizing the transport of materials and heat between a gaseous phase and a membrane for treating a reformate gas for a fuel cell. SOLUTION: In an apparatus 10 for the separation of hydrogen from a gas mixture comprising hydrogen and at least one further gas, hollow structures 18 having a wall consisting of a membrane permeable for hydrogen are disposed in a diffusion chamber 16, the mixture is led into and through the diffusion chamber 16, the hydrogen which diffuses into the hollow structures 18 through the membrane can be led out of the hollow structures 18, and the gas mixture depleted with respect to its hydrogen content can be led out of the diffusion chamber 16. The hollow structures 18 comprise crossed tubes 18 which open at least at their one end into a collection chamber 24 for leading away the hydrogen. Through the arrangement of the hollow structures, turbulence arises in the diffusion chamber 16 and the efficiency of the separation process can be improved.
Patent JP-2003166359-A (JP)
Title: Built-up store-room
Inventor: TAKUBO KOZO
IPC: E04H1/12
Filed: 2001-12-03
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a built-up store-room capable of reducing the number of members for simplifying built-up work at a user side and easily and quickly carrying out the built-up work by having such a structure as it is easily built up.  <P>SOLUTION: Corner posts and both up and down ends of a strut respectively form tenons, mortices corresponding to the tenons are formed in a floor frame to stand them on the floor frame, the side ends of wall boards are inserted in stripe grooves formed in both sides of the posts to stand the wall boards on the floor frame, and by the constitution, the posts and the wall boards are alternately connected to each other on the floor frame to assemble.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003170584-A (JP)
Title: Ink jet head and its manufacturing method
Inventor: YABE KENJI
IPC: B41J2/16
Filed: 2001-12-04
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To manufacture a highly reliable inexpensive ink jet head having a nozzle plate composed of a resin composition in which colors can be separated using a single chip by forming one or more separation wall of resin in the common liquid chamber within a substrate.  <P>SOLUTION: The ink jet recording head comprises a substrate having a plurality of bodies for generating ink ejection energy, and a nozzle plate produced by applying and curing a resin composition having a plurality of ink ejection openings and liquid channels to the ink ejection openings wherein a hole is made through the substrate and ink is fed to the liquid channels through the hole. A liquid chamber separation wall consisting of one or more separation wall is formed by providing a synthetic resin wall for dividing the hole of the substrate into a plurality of chambers.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003169828-A (JP)
Title: Throw-away suction cup for slimming
Inventor: HAGIWARA HIDENORI
IPC: A61H7/00
Filed: 2001-12-06
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensive, throw-away suction cup for slimming.  <P>SOLUTION: An apex 6 of the suction cup 1 for slimming to be brought into tight contact with a portion 8 to be slimmed is provided with a projection 24 and a thin portion 35 on the inside surface of the cup 1 corresponding to this projection 24. After the cup 1 is brought into tight contact with the portion 8, the cup is depressurized by a pressure-reducing valve 16 and the subcutaneous fat of the portion 8 is scattered and lost. The removal of the cup is no longer possible after the suction and therefore the thin portion 35 is destroyed by bending the projection 24 to bore the apex 6 with a hole, by which the air pressure in the cup and the external air pressure are equaled to each other. As a result, the cup 1 can be easily removed from the portion to be slimmed and the cup is not provided with an intricate mechanism to release the pressure reduction and therefore the inexpensive, throw-away suction cup for slimming can be obtained.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003172772-A (JP)
Title: Magnetic substance detector
Inventor: MINAMITANI TAMOTSU
IPC: H01L43/08
Filed: 2001-12-06
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely prevent wrong detection caused by an external magnetic field such as an external magnet.  <P>SOLUTION: In this detector, at least two MR elements 2, 3 connected mutually in the series state are included, and, while the MR element 2 is used at least for generating a voltage (detection voltage) used for detecting existence of a magnetic substance, the MR element 3 is used at least for current supply corresponding to magnetic substance detection relative to the MR element 2, and resistance value changes of both MR elements 2, 3 to the magnetic field intensity are adjusted to be different.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003172611-A (JP)
Title: Object surface shape-measuring apparatus
Inventor: TAKUMI MUNENORI
IPC: H04N5/341
Filed: 2001-12-07
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a surface shape-measuring apparatus that can speedily and accurately acquire the surface shape information of an object.  <P>SOLUTION: An amplifier 12 and an A/D converter 130 are arranged corresponding to each column of light receiving elements 110 that are arranged two dimensionally for achieving high-speed reading, and at the same time the gain of an amplifier when reading a next row based on the read one-row signals by a sensitivity-controlling circuit 152 for adaptive sensitively adjustment.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO